It was released February 5, 2009 for the PC in North America and February 6 for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe and Asia. Users who bought the game via the EA Store (now known as Origin) were able to gain access to the game 4 days before its worldwide release.

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In February 2009, a demo for Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box was made available for download for PC from Criterion Games's and EA's websites as well as from discs that were distributed worldwide. In the demo, you start the game with the first vehicle (Hunter Cavalry) and progress to unlock the second two (Hunter Mesquite and Nakamura SI-7). All areas of Paradise City are accessible. Every event in Burnout Paradise is also available. You can even play online. However, the player will only be able to play the demo until the 15-minute time limit runs out.

Nvidia and ATi graphics cards come equipped with software which can edit the final displayed quality. This software can be usually accessed via a manufacturer logo displayed on the right hand side of the taskbar.

ATi also offer a program called AMD Fusion Utility which can offer greater quality for those with AMD processors and ATi Graphics cards although this program can have negative effects on overall PC performance if used incorrectly.

During the development of the additional content for the console version of Burnout Paradise, a number of additions were added to the PC version of the game. These additions are only available for the PC version.

Motion Blur available for 3rd person camera.

Soft shading along shadow edges & within normal maps

Increased texture detail

SSAO lighting effects

Support for 4:3, 5:4 & 16:10 aspect ratios

Support for resolutions above 1280x720

Support for Dual & Triple monitors

Additional Anti-aliasing (4x & 8x)

Adjustable in game Contrast & Gamma settings

Advanced self-shadowing textures

A full resolution 3-screen panoramic display can reach widths of 5000 pixels.